The crash happened on a Clark County highway last year, and now Dacia Badillo could spend nearly 15 years in prison.

Badillo was sentenced Monday afternoon to 18 years in prison with four of those suspended to probation.

Police said she had drugs in her system when that crash happened.

In march of last year, 76-year-old Christine Jones and her friend were driving home from the Henryville Community Center along a stretch of US 31 when a car coming the opposite direction crossed the center line and hit them.

"It has been so heartbreaking. Our hearts are broken. It's been a struggle to get to this point today," said Jones' daughter, Sandra Gladden.

"I was really thinking it might be less due to what typically happens in this state with crimes of this nature. So I feel comfortable with the sentence," said Gladden.

"I think it sends a strong message that if you do drugs illegally or are intoxicated and drive, the prosecutor is going to come after you, convict you and send you to prison," said Clark County prosecutor Jeremy Mull.

Gladden said she is pleased with the sentence.

Ultimately though, she hopes Badillo uses that time to learn from what she did.

"That's one good thing that could come is that hopefully she will change her life and become a better person and respect the laws of this state when she's free to do so again," said Gladden.

Police said Badillo admitted to smoking marijuana and taking hydrocodone before the crash. Toxicology tests confirmed THC in her blood.

Prosecutors said Jones pulled over to the side of the road and stopped in an effort to avoid the crash.

The impact also severely injured Badillo.

She was charged with operating a vehicle with a controlled substance in her blood causing death.

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